The judge accepted the sentencing submission referencing the forensic psychiatrist's report which points out that Harmen will not do well without supervision upon his release because he was unable to learn from the programs provided to him while behind bars.

Bouncer gets jail after pleading guilty to aggravated assault

Posted Nov 10, 2014 on www.cbc.ca

It was supposed to be the first day of Scott Russell Denny's trial when he instead submitted a guilty plea to aggravated assault.

Denny, a nightclub bouncer, told the court that he overdid his mauling of Myles MacIntosh a few hours before the latter died.

MacIntosh, who was about to be married, was celebrating the upcoming big event of his life with his friends.

Unfortunately, in the wake of the celebration, he got separated from his friends and ended up at the pub crawl bus being managed by Denny.

The two, who have had a lot to drink, ended fighting each other with Denny giving MacIntosh a very bad beating.

Other people present tried to stop Denny but were not able to.

MacIntosh eventually left the bus, fell into the South Saskatchewan River and drowned.

For his admission, Denny, who was defended by Saskatoon lawyer Brian Pfefferle, was meted with a sentence of two years to be followed by a probation, also of two years.

Denny, however, only has a year remaining to serve after he was given credit for time spent on remand.

Man admits to abducting and attacking woman he was supposed to marry

Posted Sep 16, 2014 on www.thestarphoenix.com

Clinton McLaughlin submitted a guilty plea to charges of aggravated assault and kidnapping of Mariana Cracogna, the woman he was formerly engaged to.

A maximum of 14-year sentence looms for McLaughlin while Saskatoon defence lawyer Mike Nolin is keeping mum on the number of years that he will be seeking for his client.

His sentencing will be on November 21.

This is not the first time that McLaughlin has been charged with such a crime.

In January, he was also charged with illegally detaining another woman and assaulting her with a coat hanger.

Man gets 7 months for several car thefts

Posted Jul 31, 2014 on www.leaderpost.com

Corey Hugh-Carroll was handed a seven-month jail sentence after he submitted a guilty plea to several charges in connection to vehicles that were stolen.

Hugh-Carroll was arrested after his location was divulged via the social network, Facebook, when his accomplice accepted the friend request of a police officer.

Dave Armstrong, an attorney in Regina defending for Hugh-Carroll, said that his client is addicted to cocaine and has been struggling against it.

Hugh-Carroll, who has a short list of crimes to his name, said that he first got addicted to marijuana before moving on to cocaine.

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Man who attacks several women in Terwillegar gets 12-year prison term

Posted Jan 29, 2016 on edmontonjournal.com

Mark Moriarty, who has been terrorizing women in the Terwillegar area in Edmonton, will be spending 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a total of 17 charges, the most serious of which is sexual assault.

The 12-year sentence was closer to what Tania Holland, prosecutor for the Crown, asked which was 15 and a half years.

This was countered by Steve Fix, a criminal defence lawyer in Edmonton representing Moriarty who asked for no more than between eight to 10 years saying that his client could still redeem himself and blaming his actions to his addiction to cocaine.

Moriarty had shown remorse for his crime, however, it seems that the victims' statements had more impact collectively describing the attacks as horrible and pointing out what a manipulator Moriarty was.

The charges stemmed from attacks on eight victims, the youngest of which was a girl aged 14 years old, from 2012 to 2014.

Calgary immigration lawyer said it is not over for his client yet

Posted Jun 30, 2015 on www.cbc.ca

Legal options have not run out for Imam Abdi Hersy despite losing his refugee protection status, according to Raj Sharma, the immigration lawyer from Calgary.

Sharma said that Hersy will be appealing the decision handed down by the Immigration and Refugee Board at the Federal Court.

The board's decision is in relation to the sexual charges that Hersy is facing in Minnesota, USA, where he used to work as a respiratory therapist in 2006.

At that time, Hersy came to Canada and successfully got himself protection as a refugee of Somalia.

The Canadian Border Services Agency, however, accused Hersy of mispresentation and worked on stripping him of his refugee status in 2013.

The agency succeeded but Hersy appealed his case to the Federal Court which sided with him.

Sharma said Hersy hopes for a repeat of that compassion that the Federal Court had shown him then.

Hersy had maintained his innocence against the sexual allegations and that issues with his immigration had kept him from proving he is not guilty.

Man refutes murder allegations

Posted Jun 29, 2015 on www.cbc.ca

Kevin Rubletz is denying that he had a hand in the death of his former girlfriend, Jessica Newman, whose body was found in May.

Newman was first reported missing in March before her body was found in a ditch.

Rubletz and Newman shared a child and had been reportedly locked in a custody battle.

Calgary criminal lawyer Brendan Miller is representing Rubletz, who is facing a second-degree murder in relation to Newman's death.

Miller said that he is still waiting for the disclosure from the Crown and that there is a possibility that his client will be seeking bail.

Frying pan death suspect mentally cleared to face trial

Posted Jun 26, 2015 on www.calgarysun.com

The trial for the 2012 death of Gatleak Thor Metkurjock will now proceed after the suspect has been declared as mentally fit to stand trial following a psychiatric assessment.

The suspect, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident, is facing second-degree murder charges for allegedly bashing Thor Metkurjock in the head with a frying pan.

At that time, Thor Metkurjock and the suspect was attending a house party. The victim had passed out drunk and was being brought out. He had woken up and was belligerent so the suspect allegedly got a frying pan and hit him with it.